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2022 SESSION
HB 657 Waste coal piles; Department of Energy to identify volume and number, use of coal ash.
Introduced by: William C. Wampler III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Department of Energy; waste coal piles; report. Directs the Department of Energy, in cooperation with public institutions of higher education serving the coalfield region of the Commonwealth, to identify the approximate volume and number of waste coal piles present in the area and options for cleaning up such waste coal piles, including potential use in electricity generation. The Department of Energy shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. The bill also directs the Department of Energy to convene a working group to evaluate opportunities for the development of public infrastructure projects at current or proposed sites for the storage of coal ash in the Commonwealth. The working group shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. This bill is identical to SB 120.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101159D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105712D-H1 pdf
- 02/08/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22105712D-EH1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106818D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB657ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/27/22 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB657ER2) pdf
- 04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0762) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101159D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 01/25/22 House: Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/01/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/22 House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105712D-H1
- 02/07/22 House: Read first time
- 02/08/22 House: Read second time
- 02/08/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105712D-H1
- 02/08/22 House: Amendment by Delegate Byron agreed to
- 02/08/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB657EH1
- 02/08/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22105712D-EH1
- 02/09/22 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/21/22 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106818D-S1
- 02/21/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/01/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/03/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106818D-S1
- 03/03/22 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/03/22 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/03/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB657S1
- 03/03/22 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/22 House: Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 22106818D-S1 (2-Y 95-N)
- 03/07/22 House: VOTE: Rejected (2-Y 95-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/09/22 House: House acceded to request
- 03/10/22 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/10/22 House: Delegates: Wampler, Kilgore, Bagby
- 03/10/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/22 Senate: Senators: Hackworth, Surovell, Spruill
- 03/11/22 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/11/22 House: Conference report agreed to by House (87-Y 9-N)
- 03/11/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 9-N)
- 03/11/22 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/21/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/21/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB657ER)
- 03/21/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/27/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/27/22 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/27/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/27/22 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- 04/27/22 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/27/22 House: Reenrolled
- 04/27/22 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB657ER2)
- 04/27/22 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/27/22 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/27/22 House: Enacted, Chapter 762 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0762)